Quote Originally Posted by meowmeowkazoo View Post

And don't you think it would bother you if you have some good quality stock (quality is not ALWAYS in the eye of the beholder) for sale, and some schmuck lists his morphs for a LOT lower? Then you get people emailing you saying "Well this guy listed his for $300 less than yours, will you sell it to me for that price?" Then of course, you get some people who list theirs for that same low price to be competitive, and it starts a horrible chain reaction which ends in the value of the animal lowering significantly.

I don't know how you feel, but it would bother me.
It wouldn't bother me because I know that if I want to sell more items i will have to lower my prices.

You can keep repeating the word "quality" as a justification for charging more but the fact of the matter is that a starting breeder working out of their basement may produce the same high quality snakes for a lower price.

Simply put, they are your snakes and you can charge whatever you want. Just because you drive down the price on a snake doesn't mean the industry is going down just means a new snake will take its place.

Another thing to thing about is if people didnt put a price tag of 60k on a new snake those people who "intentionally" drive the market down might be less apt to do so.

I also select my snakes carefully and only sell high quality ball pythons but it has nothing to do with needing money, if I can produce a high quality animal and sell it for less I dont see a problem with that.

I want you to explain to me that just because im a starting breeder that im not selling high quality animals.. thats what your saying. I bought a lesser female for $200 and she looks better than most lessers i have seen the big breeders selling.

What it comes down to is your paying for a name attached to the snake and thats fine, but people can and will sell their quality animals for what they want.